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Military Transition and Jobs News

Veterans Job and Resource Fair set for Thursday (Shreveport Times) A job and resource fair targeted at veterans and service personnel who will depart the ranks in coming months is scheduled for Thursday at the Bossier Civic Center on Benton Road.

USC Price raises scholarships for student veterans (The University of Southern California) The USC Price School of Public Policy raised more than $128,000 in scholarship funds for its undergraduate veterans and ROTC reserve officers at a fundraising reception in Beverly Hills.

Student Veterans: An Investment Paying Off (Military.com) That veterans struggle after going from the military into a scholastic environment is a point of view not shared by Student Veterans of America (SVA). And data seems to back up their stance.

Commissary cuts could hurt MWR programs (Military Times) Proposed cuts in commissary funding not only would drive shoppers away because their grocery prices would rise, but also could have a “devastating” ripple effect on base morale, welfare and recreation programs, advocates said.

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